Freshman Pitcher Tyler Waldron Receives College Baseball Insider West Region Player of the Week Award :: Waldron pitched Pacific to a 1-0 win over Minnesota on Friday, Mar. 14 with a complete game shutout.

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Freshman Pitcher Tyler Waldron Receives College Baseball Insider West Region Player of the Week Award

Waldron pitched Pacific to a 1-0 win over Minnesota on Friday, Mar. 14 with a complete game shutout.

March 20, 2008

Richmond, Vir.- Pacific freshman Tyler Waldron (Pilot Hill, Calif.) earned the first of what is sure to be many athletic honors, earning the College Baseball Insider West Region Player of the Week Award on March 19th.

Waldron broke Pacific out of a seven-game losing streak with a dominant performance against Minnesota on Friday, Mar. 14. The freshman right-hander posted a complete-game three-hit shutout in the Tigers' 1-0 victory over the Golden Gophers. Waldron, facing just 30 batters in the win, fanned 11 batters and walked one.

Getting stronger as the night wore on, Waldron closed out the ninth inning by striking out the side to pitch around two Pacific errors and preserve the 1-0 win.

Tyler (1-2) earned his first victory of the season, tossing 108 pitches and allowing only one extra-base hit.

Waldon shared the honor with three other regional winners: Marshall's Nate Lape, an outfielder, won the Central Region, Duke's Alex Hassan, a pither/outfielder won the Southeast Region, and West Virginia's Tyler Kuhn, a shortstop, won the Northeast Region.

Waldron and the Tigers return to the diamond on Friday, Mar. 21 as Pacific faces Stanford at 7 p.m. at Sunken Diamond, where Waldron is expected to start for the Tigers.